The first comprehensive applied book in five years on this rapidly-changing area of telecommunications, here is the only resource capable of bringing you fully up to speed on the latest developments in fiber optic communication systems (FOCS). Designed to help you master the mathematics and statistics needed to create high-performance FOCS, Fiber Optic Communications offers current, in-depth coverage of optical amplifiers, optical detectors, wave-division multiplexing, optical heterodyne detection (OHD) systems, the pros and cons of OHD receivers versus direct detection receivers, and the design and performance of a proposed OHD system that features much greater detector sensitivity. TodayÕs most detailed treatment of the present and future of FOCS, Fiber Optic Communications helps you to develop systems that will be able to fulfill ultra-high-speed communication requirements well into the 21st century.
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When your job is ultra-high-speed communication systems, you can't afford to be a step behind the times. the first comprehensive applied book in years on this rapidly-changing area of telecommunications, here is the only resource capable of bringing you fully up to speed on the latest developments in fiber optic communication systems (FOCS). Designed to help you master the mathematics and statistics needed to create high-performance FOCs, Fiber Optic Communications offers you current, in-depth coverage of: Optical amplification and the operational characteristics of optical amplifiers. Several types of optical detectors - including a uniquely rigorous treatment of quantum noise, receiver noise, and noise in optical amplifiers. Wave-division multiplexing - which greatly increases the data rate capability of optical fibers. Optical heterodyne detection (OHD) systems - including system performance and proven methods for dealing with phase noise. Pros and cons of OHD receivers versus direct detection receivers - one of the hottest debates in fiber optics. Design and performance of a proposed OHD system that features much greater detector sensitivity than present systems. Today's most detailed reference on the present and future of FOCS, Fiber Optic Communications helps you to develop systems that will be able to fulfill ultra-high-speed communication requirements well into the 21st century.
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Gerard Lachs, Ph.D., is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of South Florida in Tampa. His research interests include communications theory, fiber optic digital communications, signal detection and processing in human sensory perception, quantum electronics, and laser applications.
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predetection gain, superposed coherent, baud duration, optical heterodyne detection, optical preamplifier, error rate criterion, heterodyne detection systems, chaotic radiation, local laser, received optical signal, subcarrier channels, phase noise, rolloff characteristics, digital detection, cladding region, transmitter laser, slab waveguide, optical amplifiers, regenerative repeaters, discriminator output, detection variable, receiver portion, optical amplification, ideal laser, cylindrical fibers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Lightwave Technol, Englewood Cliffs, Stochastic Processes, Fundamentals of Photonics, Lightwave Commun, Fiber-Optic Transmission Systems, Academic Press, National Bureau of Standards, Use Fig, Bell Syst, Calculated Result, Discussion of Systems, Handbook of Mathematical Functions, Mathematical Tables, Photonics Technol New!
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